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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Interview With Author Renee Starr

Author of You Are
Woman, You Are Divine

1.What is your book
about? Women today are out of balance. Today’s feminine imbalance is the
result of generations of women living in a patriarchal society and striving to
be treated and recognized in the same way as men. In their attempt to become
equalized, many women have minimized their feminine essence and maximized their
masculine.

To restore balance, I've written a book called You Are Woman, You Are Divine,
which reconnects women with their ancient Goddess roots, reminding them that
they are sacred, special, and divine. The book utilizes seven powerful myths
from many cultures of the world—Egypt, Greece, India, Tibet, the Lakota, and
the creation myths of the Judeo-Christian Bible. Each myth centers on a goddess
archetype whose story symbolizes for the modern woman a key essence she
innately has. Together, the myths reconnect women to their Power, Creativity,
Stillness, Passion, Voice, Wisdom, and Awakening.

For centuries women have been told to suppress the part of them that is
goddess-like, the part of their feminine psyche that is wild, powerful,
creative, free, and wise. My book offers permission to experience this again.

By exploring our ancient, feminine, mythic heritage, and by cultivating a
fresh, new relationship with The Divine Feminine essence, women today can begin
the journey of reclaiming their specialness and of experiencing themselves
differently, and more sacredly. If a woman today can recognize how like The
Goddess she is, she empowers herself, inspires other women, and helps to
rebalance the feminine and masculine essences of the world.

2.Who should be reading
it now? You Are Woman, You Are Divine is written for modern women of
every age. The myths and rituals contained in the book will inspire and help
the young woman who is searching to find her way in the world; the adult woman
who is managing the many roles of partner/wife, mother, and business owner,
worker, or executive; and the elder wise woman who longs to feel honored.

The book is a treasury of feminine inspiration and guidance for mothers to
share with their daughters, for sisters and friends to read together, and for
women everywhere to make deeper connections with other women by forming Goddess
Circles.

The chapters are full of rituals that women can perform to connect to
themselves to being a goddess on earth, including sacred bathing, candle
lighting, creating an altar for a special goddess, journaling and many other
activities.

3.What message do you
want readers left with? The return of The Divine Feminine into our lives
marks the return of The Great Goddess into the world. The Goddess recognizes
that women are divine by birth and asks that we embody this truth. Lacking this
awareness, women have learned to fear and reject themselves and their
bodies—seeing imperfection where there should only be the beauty and uniqueness
of our sacred female form.

The Goddess speaks to you of your divinity. She invites you to recognize the
magnificence of your body, to be present to the power and depth of your love,
and to see yourself as a goddess.

The time has come, right now, for you to know that being a woman is special,
sacred, and divine. You are more than you think you are. So much more.

You are a spectacular creature and you are beautifully built. You have been
specifically designed to be a creatress, the bearer of our species, and to be
powerful in the most feminine of ways. You carry within the space of your womb
the Light of the world, which you birth anew every morning when you open your
eyes. Your very existence makes the world lovelier.

You are woman; your body is sacred and your essence is Divine.

4.Why did you write this
book? I did not receive knowledge of the Divine Feminine from my mother.
She did not receive it from her mother. Being a female was not special in the
home of my childhood and I did not think of myself as sacred.

I remember how, as a young girl, I loved reading the stories of women who were
special in some way. Without yet realizing that I was searching for the Divine
Feminine, I read goddess mythology, biblical stories and faery tales that
depicted women as magical and intuitive, as having special powers of prophecy,
healing, and knowing. I daydreamed that I, too, was special at my core— that as
a woman, I am a special being. I have been in search of confirming this feeling
my entire life.

My longing for a deeper sense of self has led me to explore many different
paths, hoping to move myself closer to the Truth, the Absolute, to
God—especially to the Feminine aspect of God. My journey in search of
spirituality has taken me through many traditions, introducing me to many
rituals and ways of connecting with Spirit, and especially to experiencing the
Divine Feminine essence. Today, my journey with the Divine Feminine is not
over, but my search to find her is.

I have discovered that she is everywhere that I go and everything that I am.
Women are naturally designed to know Her, be Her, and express Her. My book
shares this experience with women, and I hope to inspire them to begin their
own journey back to The Goddess.

5.Will readers find The
Goddess within themselves after reading your book? I believe that
whenever a woman is loving herself, respecting herself, and seeing herself as a
sacred, divine being—then she is being a goddess on earth. If all a woman ever
does is simply read the goddess stories that I have written, and if she only
ever sees herself in a just few of them—that would be more than enough to
awaken her to herself, and to start her on the journey back to The Goddess.

About Me

Brian Feinblum, the creator and author of BookMarketingBuzzBlog, is the chief marketing officer for the nation's largest book promotions firm, Media Connect (www.Media-Connect.com), formerly Planned Television Arts, and has been involved in book publicity and marketing since 1989. He has served several book publishing companies as a publicist, book editor, and acquisitions editor. Brian, who earned a BA in English from Brooklyn College, became a published author in 1995 when he penned The Florida Homeowner, Condo and Co-Op Handbook. He resides in Westchester, New York with his wife, two young children, and an English Bulldog.